Virginia North

Virginia North, Lady White (24 April 1946 – 5 June 2004) was an Anglo-American actress who appeared in small roles in five films and one TV programme between 1967 and 1971.

Virginia North
Born
Virginia Anne Northrop

(1946-04-24)24 April 1946
London, England
Died5 June 2004(2004-06-05) (aged 58)
East Sussex, England
NationalityBritish
OccupationActress
Years active1967–1971

Life and career

Born Virginia Anne Northrop in London to a British mother and a U.S. Army father, North spent her early years in Britain, France, Southeast Asia and finally Washington, following her father's military postings. By the mid-1960s she had returned to Britain, where she worked as a model, specialising in swim wear. In 1968, she joined the newly established London agency Models 1.[citation needed]

North began her film career with small parts in the Bulldog Drummond film Deadlier Than the Male (1967) and the Yul Brynner vehicle The Long Duel (1967). She returned to film two years later as Robot Number Nine in Some Girls Do (1969), the second in the Bulldog Drummond franchise, and as Olympe in two short scenes in the James Bond film On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969).[1]

The 1969 Department S episode "The Mysterious Man in the Flying Machine" marked her only television appearance.

Her last role was as Vincent Price's silent assistant, Vulnavia, in the horror comedy The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971).[2]

Personal life

In 1974, North married the industrialist Gordon White.[3]

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
1967Deadlier Than the MaleBrenda
1967The Long DuelChampa
1969Some Girls DoRobot No. 9
1969On Her Majesty's Secret ServiceOlympe
1971The Abominable Dr. PhibesVulnavia(final film role)

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